INTERNATIONAL RADIO CONVENTION. NOVEMBER 25, 1927. APPENDIX 1 LIST 011' ABBREVIATIONS TO BE USED IN RADIO TRANSMISSIONS (See Art. 9 of the General Regulations) QCODEI 1. Abbreviation8 to be used in ai, services Abbre· viatlon Question QRA..... What. Is the name of your station? ... _... ... ... QRB..... At what approximate distance are you from my station? QRC... _. By what private company (or governmimt administration) are the accounts for charges of your station liquidated? QRD ... _ QRE..... QRF..... QRG ••• _ QRH .... QRI. ... . qR1- ... . QRK .... QRL•••.. QRM••. _ QRN •• .• QRO.••• _ QRP..... QRQ••••• QR8.. ... QRT..... QRU.... QRV...• . QRW.... QRX ••• . Where are you golng? ...................... __ What is the nationality of your station? _• . _.. . Where do you come from? ........ _... .... ... _. Will you indicate to me my exact wave length in meters (or frequency In kilocycles)? What is your exact wave length In meters Is~;q~~cb~?TarmstroBot (talk) 01:45, 7 January 2012 (UTC):TarmstroBot (talk)).~ ............ __ .. . .. Are you receiving me badly? Are my signals weak? Are you receiving me well? Are my signals good? Are you busy?................................ Are you being interfered? .................... . Are you troubled by atmospherics?.......... .. Must I increase power? ....................... Must I decrease power? ..................... .. Must I send faster? .......................... M1lst I send more slowly?................... _ Must I stop sending?. __ ... ... ... ... ... ... .. .. Have you anything for me? ................. .. Must I send a series of V's? ................... Must I advise ...... that you are calling him7_ Must I wait? When will you call me again?.. QRY __ .. Which is my turnL.......................... QRZ... .. QSA ..... QSB ..... QSC ... _. QSD... .. QSE ... __ QSF.... _ QSG__ ._. QSH... .. QSL..... QSL.... QSK__ . .. QSL..... QSM __ .. QSN..... QSO..... QSP.... _ QSQ ..... QSR..... QSU..... By whom am I being called? ............... .. What is the strength of my signals (1 to 5)7. __ . Does the strength of my signals vary? ......... Do my signals disappear entirely at Intervals? Is my keying bad? ........................... . Are my signals distinct?..................... . Is my automatic transmission good?... _...... . Must I transmit the telegrams by a series of 5, 10 (or aocording to any other indication)? Must I eend one telegram at a time, repeat· ing It twice? Must I send the telegrama In alternate order without repetition? What Is the charge to be collected per word for __ .... Including your Intarnal telegraph charge? Must I suspend tra1llc? At what time will you call me again? Can you give me acknowledgment of receipt? . Have you received my acknowledgment of receipt? C~ Ifs~Jeceive me now? Must I continue Can you communicate with ...... directly (or through the Intermediary of ......)? Will you relay to ...... free of charge? ...... .. tl':~~e~?s~r=~o:~~:i0gTarmstroBot (talk)':': ~.~lb!.;,;' attended to? Must I eend on ...... meters (or ...... kilo- cycles) waves of type AI, A2, A3, or B? Answer The name of my station ill ...... The approximate distance between our sta· tlons is ...... nautical miles (or ...... kilo- meters). The 8CCount.~ for charges of my station are liquidated by the ..... _ private company (or by the government administration of ......) . I am going to ...... The nationality of my station is ...... I come from ...... Your exact wave length is ...... meters (or ...... kilocycles). My exact wave lellit" Is ...... meters (fre- quency ' kilocycles). Your tone Is bad. I can not receive you. Your signals are toe weak. I receive you well. Your signals are llood. I am busy. Ot, (I am busy with ......) . Please do not interfere. I am being Interfered with. I am troubled by atmospherics. Increase power. Decrease power. Send faster ( ...... words per minute). Send more slowly (...... words per minute). Stop sending. I have nothing for you. Send a series of V's. ptease advise • __ ._ . that I am calling him. Walt until I have finished communicating with ....... I will call you Immediately (or at ...... o'clock). Your turn is No.• ____ • (or according to any other indication). You are being called br ...... The strength of your Signals is __ .. __ (1 to 5). The strength of your signals varies. Your signals disappear entirely at Intervals. Your keying is bad. Your signals are unreadable. Your signals run together. Your automatic transmission fades out. Transmit the telegrams by a series at 5, 10 (or according to any other indication). Transmit one telegram at a time, repeating it twice. Send the telegrams In alternate order without repetition. The charge to be collected per word for __ .. __ Is ...... francs, including my internal tele- graph charge. . Suspend traffic. I will call you again at .. _ . .. (o'clock). I give you acknowledgment of receipt. I have not received your acknowledgment 01 receipt. I cannot receive you now. Continue to listen. I can communicate with ...... directly (or tbrough tha intermediary of .. _. .. ) . I will relay to ...... free of charge. Send each word or group once only. The distress call received from ...... has been attended to by ...... Send on ...... meters (or on __ . __ • kilo- cycles), waves of Type AI, A2, A3 or B. I am listening for you. I The abbreviations take the form of qUesti008 when they are followed by question marks. Appendix 1. List of abbreviations. Ante, p . 2857. Q Code. Abbreviations In ell services.
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